This particular prat was riding a harley sportster in shorts, vest and flip flops
I simply laughed and carried on fuelling.
Just thought I ought to share this with you guys, please take a look at my facebook page
link
look under the recent posts by others & tell me if you still want to wear flip flops on your motorcycle!!!
Ouch doesn't quite cover it!
aaaaaand vomit.
Caveat on that, don't click if you've got a sensitive disposition! graphic post accident image.....
So, what's everyone having for lunch?
Ahh! Yes, possibly should have mentioned it's not a nice picture - however I really do want to get the point across to as many people as possible - some people appear to have very little imagination!
I just get a facebook log in page and as I don't have an account I can't see any pics
I was out in the kit over the weekend and jumping out of the car at a petrol station with my lid on I received a comment that wasnt a helmet overkill
in a car?
This particular prat was riding a harley sportster in shorts, vest and flip flops I simply laughed and carried on fuelling.
Organ donors in waiting, idiots.....
I ride in full gear with armour and back protector no matter what.
The birthday suit cant be really put back on if you decide to get it dry cleaned 
[Edited on 22/7/2013 by Hector.Brocklebank]
Having had a big off recently on a trackday I wouldnt ride without full protection I beleive my back protector saved me from serious injuries, and my leathers from very bad road rash I still ache now though!!
I used to get fully suited and booted, bloody hot in the summer felt like I was melting going around the M25 after work.
Stupid not to though.
I have to admit I don't have a spine protector, just the standard thickness of foam that you find in off the shelf leathers. But I still wear
full gear every trip, even if I need a towel or a sponge by the time I reach my destination!
I did once go for a quick test ride round the block in just my overalls and a helmet (wanted to see if a carb clean had been effective), I felt so
unsafe that I didn't go above 20 and brought it straight back in.
I was really shocked to learn in my CBT that the only legal bit of clothing required for a bike is a helmet, and they don't even look for any
kind of approval for that! Even a visor is not a legal requirement, and everyone on here must know how much it hurts to get a bug in your eye.
Memories of my unsafe and not risk-assessed youth, riding across Sydney Harbour bridge wearing nothing but shorts and beach shoes, along with
obligatory open-faced helmet and Oakley's.... boogie board under one arm.
That was back in the wreckless days of the late 80's. If I was to repeat the experience, it'd be a capital offence, akin to smoking or
exceeding the speed limit by fractions of a K.
The thought police would be knocking now if they knew that I'd love to repeat it, but perhaps I can thwart them climbing into my bubble-wrap
suit, demonstrating that the citizen is behaving normally.
That's reminded my why I don't ride bikes
Pah!
A kindly nurse will just pull it back on like a well worn sock and all will be good again (assuming the owner of said foot is not dead from other
injuries... which I kind of think they might be as photo's like these tend not to get taken at roadside unless the subject is very VERY still...
and going nowhere in a hurry!).
That is a bit nasty. Ouuchh.
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Originally posted by mark chandler
I used to get fully suited and booted, bloody hot in the summer felt like I was melting going around the M25 after work.
Stupid not to though.
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Originally posted by will121
I done exactly the same, that's why in this weather I would rather be on a car with air con on and CD playing!
When I had my off 'corner was to slow for the speed I was going!' I had full leathers on only suffered a broken arm, other lad beside me had come off asscooter at less than 30mph in jeans and tee shirt and no gloves was covered in gravel rash!
Urgh
Don't do Faceache but I can imagine.
Years ago a documentary described the likely outcomes of riding without proper protection.
Amongst these was the fact that in most accidents the ankle-bone is the first to touch down - without riding boots it grinds the bone away on the road
surface!
A biker in shorts and T shirt came off at speed on the motorway. He was largely un-injured but died pretty quickly from grit burns over most of his
body!!
And whilst I'm at it - second to lack of kit what really makes my blood boil are the biking tw*ts who sit astride the bike whilst filling it up
with petrol!!!
Be careful out there.....
Cheers, Pewe10 
Thanks for that Jossey VV just what I needed before I go off and cook sausages!!
[Edited on 22/7/13 by pewe]
For all those who don't use Facebook its here but seriously its sick ...
I recommend you don't view if your around people or kids etc....
Or if you have just eaten a chicken leg...
http://imgur.com/gJgeiQM
I thought I read years ago an artical in PB that at 60mph you can grind an inch of bone per second.
I always wince when I see an idiot just wearing a tee shirt and shorts on a bike
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Originally posted by jossey
For all those who don't use Facebook its here but seriously its sick ...
I recommend you don't view if your around people or kids etc....
Or if you have just eaten a chicken leg...
http://imgur.com/gJgeiQM
quote:
Originally posted by pewe
And whilst I'm at it - second to lack of kit what really makes my blood boil are the biking tw*ts who sit astride the bike whilst filling it up with petrol!!!
quote:
Originally posted by pewe
And whilst I'm at it - second to lack of kit what really makes my blood boil are the biking tw*ts who sit astride the bike whilst filling it up with petrol!!!
quote:
Originally posted by pewe
And whilst I'm at it - second to lack of kit what really makes my blood boil are the biking tw*ts who sit astride the bike whilst filling it up with petrol!!!
quote:
Originally posted by Dualist
I thought I read years ago an artical in PB that at 60mph you can grind an inch of bone per second.
I always wince when I see an idiot just wearing a tee shirt and shorts on a bike
Last year we went to fetch a SV650 in as the rider had come off it and he was still there with the bike. He said he was alright and had just ripped his jeans knee. He pulled the hole to one side and saw his kneecap showing through the skin and decided he needed hospital treatment.
Do we make an exception in this case?
cheers
Fred W B
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Originally posted by Fred W B
Do we make an exception in this case?
cheers
Fred W B
No problem.. I suspect a lot of that will be dermal fillers and silicone...
Does silicone help you slide down the tarmac more smoothly???
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Originally posted by russbost
Does silicone help you slide down the tarmac more smoothly???
quote:
Originally posted by flak monkey
quote:
Originally posted by pewe
And whilst I'm at it - second to lack of kit what really makes my blood boil are the biking tw*ts who sit astride the bike whilst filling it up with petrol!!!
No problem at all, try dribbling petrol on a hot engine or exhaust and see what happens... it boils off before touching it and just turns to vapour. I reckon 95% of people sit on their bike when refuelling. I know I do
I had a gas leak on the chop shortly after filling it, peed a lot fuel all over the hot cylinder head and exhaust. No dramas.... Sparks set fuel off, not hot engines. And sparks are most likely when you get back on the bike to start it up after refuelling, maybe we should start them up while not sitting on them too
That said I've got a vmax now, so have to get off to refuel as the tank's under the seat!
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Originally posted by nick205
That's reminded my why I don't ride bikes
quote:
Originally posted by pewe
Well actually chaps , Flak monkey and Mike RJ, your assertions that it needs sparks to ignite petrol is wrong.
MikeRJ granted you didn't say that so I'll redact the comment.
However you may be interested in reading this linky
Chaqun a son goo, Mike, but personally I'd rather not risk fried or petrol burnt nads.
Cheers, Pewe10
Using a cellphone while refueling is slightly more dangerous than using toothpaste to clean your teeth
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Originally posted by Ninehigh
Using a cellphone while refueling is slightly more dangerous than using toothpaste to clean your teeth
Mythbusters has tested them both actually. Yeah the cellphone does nothing. The main problem with it is in the states you can pump your gas without having hold of the pump so you can get back into the car, build up a static charge, get out and create a spark where all that fuel vapour is
Re: mobile phones. Phones do put out a fair bit of AM noise due to the packet slot structure. That's why you get the bee-chuck-chuck noise if
you put your phone down next to a land-line.
They were originally banned on planes initially due to the extreme paranoia of that industry and is still in place as they want to sell you time on
the satellite phones at £££ per minute, and a plane coming in to land will log on and off ground based stations rapidly causing problems for the phone
companies near heathrow et.al. I doubt a switched on phone in a bag will get on to the plane simply as it would make a very convenient remote control
detonator.
I suspect there probably was an accident many years ago at a fuel station which could have been a phone, but these days they probably just don't
want people standing of the forecourt for 20mins with a queue building up behind them while they yack on to the boss.
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Originally posted by iank
I doubt a switched on phone in a bag will get on to the plane simply as it would make a very convenient remote control detonator.
quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
quote:
Originally posted by iank
I doubt a switched on phone in a bag will get on to the plane simply as it would make a very convenient remote control detonator.
How can the airport security tell if a phone in a suitcase is switched on or not? If it were to be used as a remote denotator, then there would be give away wires on the x-ray scan.